However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.

Ask yourself, if there was to be no blame, and if there was to be no praise, who would I be then?

What better proof of love can there be than money? A ten-shilling note shows incontrovertibly just how mad about you a man is.

It's been agony but I couldn't have done it any other way.

I've come from a very masculine country to a feminine country. England was very masculine; people went from England to abroad, and they landed from above and they said "These are the gods you will worship, these are the crops you will grow, now go away and do it." Which is a manly attitude. Americans go abroad and they say, "Try not to quarrel so much", which is a feminine attitude.

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

One of the special beauties of America is that it is the only country in the world where you are not advised to learn the language before entering. Before I ever set out for the United States, I asked a friend if I should study American. His answer was unequivocal. "On no account," he said. "The more English you sound, the more likely you are to be believed."